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The Changing Landscape of Geospatial:The NSDI

&Disruptive Technology:

Isn't it Fun!

Anne Hale MiglareseBooz Allen Hamilton

JACIE

March 29, 2011

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Outline of Today's Presentation

The National Spatial Data Infrastructure its Origins and Present Status

A Non-Scientific Report Card

Trends in the Industry Influencing the NSDI

Cloud Computing

Where do We Need to Focus

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Components of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

Policies & Institutional Arrangements (governance, data privacy & security, data sharing, business models, data licensure and publicly available data)

People (training, professional development, career models, job descriptions, certification and licensure)

Data (digital base map, thematic, statistical, place names, authoritative data and crowd sourced data)

Technology (sensors, cloud computing, hardware, software, networks, database )

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Anne’s impression of the NSDI report card

Technology: A-

Data: C

People: C

Policy and Institutional Arrangements: C--

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Industry Trends and the Changing Landscape

Geospatial is an International Business with Global Markets ( large investments in capital equipment, outsourcing to lower cost providers, global demand & economies of scale)

Speed of Innovation and Technology Insertion and Adoption (innovation coming from small startups and new sectors not just the from the large corporations and military)

Disruptive Technology Introduction (The digital camera, the all digital work flow, cloud computing, open source code, crowd sourcing )

Professional and Casual Consumer ( location based services market vs mission support of business applications)

• The Profession

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Industry Trends and the Changing Landscape

The Profession ( not just PE’s and geographers anymore )

Embedded Technology ( integration into the CIO & CTO office, embedded in other application, smart phones)

The Data ( where it comes from, who owns it, its accuracy)

Consolidation and Diversification ( market forces driving change and opportunity in the industry)

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Industry Consolidation and Diversification !

A & E Firms

System IntegratorsNational and International

Mapping Firms

Geospatial Hardware & software firms

GIS Consultants and Service Companies

Satellite & Airborne Mapping Companies

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Believe it or not… just ten years ago

I built them!I paid for them!They’re MINE!

DATADATA

DATA

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C’mon, won’t you share your data?

NO! If I share my data, other people will:• take credit for it• mess it up• use it for their own good!

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But if you share your data, others will share their data with you…

I don’t want their stinky data –who knows where it’s been?

• How was it created?

• What sources were used?

• Were there field checks?

•What attributes, measures,methods, did they use?

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Geospatial Data is Changing, Like Sands Through The Hour Glass…

Federal

State and Local

Data Fit for Use?

Federal

Data Fit for Use?

State and Local Private Sector & Volunteer Data

Fit for Use?Licensing Restrictions?

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Cloud Computing Service Models

Software as

a Service

(SaaS)

Platform as

a Service

(PaaS)

Infrastructure

as a Service

(IaaS)

Data as a

Service

(DaaS)

End-user applications, deliveredas a service, rather than on-premises

software

Application platform or middlewareas a service on which developers

can build and deploy custom applications

Compute, storage, and other ITinfrastructure as a service, ratherthan as a dedicated capability

Multi-tenancy system configured to be a pooled and shared resources

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CloudTypes

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Provides organizations a way to add/increase services “just-in-time” without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software

Enables reallocation of Enterprise budgets, assets, and people into primary business/mission areas

Supports interoperability and improvements in information sharing, analytics, intelligence, and knowledge management with increased intra-and inter-organizational adoption

Supports new value added mission services e.g. Next Gen Analysis

Cloud Computing Enterprise Benefits

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Speed-to-Delivery

• Allows new capability development without new infrastructure development

• Supports rapid scalability

• Diminishes constraints of scale and complexity

Cost

• Massive scale leads to true economies of scale

• Reduced complexity leads to improved sustainability and reductions in O&M costs

Information Sharing and Interoperability

• Streamlined data management

• Data availability - enabling information generation

Changing Ecosystem

• Technology inflection point, impacting client buying patterns and introducing highly capitalized non-traditional players into federal IT market e.g. Amazon, Google

Cloud Computing IT Benefits

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Wordle for the Cloud

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The GeoCloud Game

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What Worked!

The game successfully pointed out the importance of

– Collaboration and sharing

– The varying fidelity of spatial data between federal, state and local agencies

– The opportunity to decrease cost and increase data sharing

– The interdependencies of these data sets in solving real-world geospatial opportunities/problems

– The importance of role-playing to think through and experience complex organizational behavior issues

– The importance of guiding policies and process to facilitate process between and among government agencies

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Geospatial Platform Background

"In 2010 and 2011, Federal data managers for geospatial data will move to a

portfolio management approach, creating a Geospatial Platform to support

Geospatial One-Stop, place-based initiatives, and other potential future

programs. This transformation will be facilitated by improving the governance

framework to address the requirements of State, local and tribal agencies,

Administration policy, and agency mission objectives. Investments will be

prioritized based on business needs. The Geospatial Platform will explore

opportunities for increased collaboration with Data.gov, with an emphasis on

reuse of architectural standards and technology, ultimately increasing access

to geospatial data.“ President’s Budget, Fiscal Year 2011

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Definition

The Geospatial Platform will be a managed portfolio of common geospatial

data, services, and applications contributed and administered by authoritative

sources and hosted on a shared infrastructure, for use by government agencies

and partners to meet their mission needs and the broader needs of the Nation

Vision

All government agencies and their partners have access to geospatial

capabilities to meet mission needs, ensure transparency and accountability, and

geo-enable the business of government

Foundation

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Common Understanding – shared vision, shared opportunities, and shared commitments

Open Governance – define a structure where all sectors have a voice and a role, clear and unambiguous policy

Technology – seize upon advances in geospatial technologies and standards to implement shared vision

Leadership – identify and cultivate true leaders within the community. Develop the diverse workforce needed to support this multidisciplinary profession

What it Will Take… Moving Forward

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Business Model Roadmap

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Open and transparent government with greater collaboration between all sectors

High quality and timely geospatial data, services and applications, easy to discover and use by all sectors of the economy

– Global Climate Change

– Green Energy

– More efficient business operations

– Etc…..

What We Could Achieve Moving Forward

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Enhanced shared infrastructure and interoperability

Attain cost-savings and economies of scale through collaborative

Expand the geospatial marketplace and industry

Ensure U.S. maintains global competitiveness in the geospatial field

What We Could Achieve Moving Forward

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Science to support decision making

Develop a National Geospatial Policy that is inclusive of GIS and Remote Sensing activities

The Business Model!!

Public & Private sector collaboration

Get out of the IT business

Where we need to focus Moving Forward

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Questions?

Thank You

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The future of imagery, remote sensing, products, and science.

Future (5 – 10 years) technology trends for remote imaging, data collection, archiving

and access. The strong need for quality imagery and Remote Sensing data in the

science community.

The value of imagery and remote sensing in support of the global earth observation

community and the importance of understanding fundamental climate variables to

support societal benefit areas.

The positive connection between Remote Sensing and science.

The value of civil and commercial remote sensing programs, systems and data. The

value of joint agency imagery collaboration, such as JACIE, to insure the collection and

use of quality data in the science community.

The pro and cons to the National Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy.

Government’s continued need for commitment to continuing and expanding the

imagery role in the community.

The need for integrated data collection.

Image processing and storage capabilities and the doors that these technologies

open.